MELBOURNE, Australia & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ChemGenex Pharmaceuticals (ASX:CXS) (NASDAQ:CXSP) announced today the presentation of positive preliminary results from a phase 2 study of omacetaxine mepesuccinate (formerly known as Ceflatonin®) in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients who have failed therapy with at least two tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). These data represent the first findings to be presented from this ongoing study, conducted in patients with or without BCR-ABL mutations. The data presented complement the findings from the company’s previously reported phase 2/3 study of omacetaxine in CML patients with the T315I mutation.
